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Summary:

A salaryman in postwar Tokyo has an illicit affair with an officemate in this moving portrait of a fragile marriage.

Contributors:

Ozu, Yasujirō, 1903-1963

Noda, Kōgo, 1893-1968

Awashima, Chikage

Ikebe, Ryō, 1918-2010

Takahashi, Teiji, 1926-1959

Ryū, Chishū, 1904-1993

Kishi, Keiko

Atsuta, Yūharu, 1905-1992

Saito, Kojun

Hamamura, Yoshiyasu

Janus Films

Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha

Languages:

Japanese
English

Language Notes:

Japanese dialogue, with optional English subtitles.

Related Series:

Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)) > Series 3, Late Ozu

Alternate Titles:

Title translation: Soshun

Subjects:

Families — Japan — Drama

Married people — Japan — Drama

Adultery — Japan — Drama

Japan — Social life and customs — 1945- — Drama

Japanese language films

Since 1945

Married people

Adultery

Manners and customs

Families

Japan

Genres:

Feature films

Foreign language films

Drama

System Details:

DVD ; 1.33:1 aspect ratio.

Performers:

Cast: Chikage Awashima, Ryo Ikebe, Keiko Kishi, Teiji Takahashi, Chishu Ryu.

Production Credits:

Cinematography, Yuharu Atsuta ; music, Kojun Saito; editor, Yoshiyasu Hamamura.

General Notes:

Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (145 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

EAR 1956 DVD

ISBNs:

9781934121627
1934121622
9781934121610 (set)
1934121614 (set)

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515024525
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: ECL014

OCLC Numbers:

1053059003
144512986 [Invalid]